Acheilognathus deignani explained

Acheilognathus deignani is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Acheilognathus. It is endemic to northern Vietnam in the Mekong River. It grows to a maximum length of 5.2 cm.

Named in honor of Herbert Girton Deignan (1906-1968), Associate Curator of Birds, U.S. National Museum, who collected the type specimen.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE . 3 March 2021 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 29 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190929065546/http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes14/ . dead .